Late-blooming cygnets will remain in Sunriver for the winter. Page 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE SROA News ................... 4 Calendar ..................... 13 SHARC News ............... 22
Public Safety ............... 27 Classified .................... 38 Editorial ..................... 39
New SROA recreation director to start at the beginning of November. Page 23
S U N R I V E R
S C E N E A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION
NOVEMBER • 2017
VOLUME XLIII • NUMBER 11
Bubbling with pride: SR Brewing nabs awards
The Willamette Meteorite is on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Slice of famous meteorite coming to Sunriver “Cosmic treasures” and “celestial wonders.” Those are some of the glowing terms used online to describe pieces of the Willamette Meteorite. One of those fragments will soon be on display at the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory. Weighing 31.75 grams, this sliver of iron, nickel and cobalt has been sliced from one of the world’s most famous meteorites, the sixth largest ever found in the world. The Willamette Meteorite, weighing 15.5 tons, was discovered in 1902 near the Portland suburb of West Linn. Geologists surmise it fell to earth 10 millennia ago in Canada and was pushed by glaciers to the Willamette Valley. Over the past century, small portions of the Willamette Meteorite have been carved off, but they are rare and coveted by serious collectors. “We’re extremely pleased to receive this piece of cosmic history,” said Bob Grossfeld, manager of the Oregon Observatory. “This amazing gift was made possible by John and Dorothy Kashuba, who have supported SNCO for many years. They made it possible for us to have the fine collection of meteorites T M, SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XLIlI • NUMBER 11 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
Sunriver Brewing Company has won four national awards at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival (GABF). The world’s largest beer competition, GABF 2017 featured 7,923 entries from 2,217 breweries from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Sunriver Brewing Company earned two gold medals and the prestigious Best Small Brewery and Brewer of the Year accolades. The small brewery category includes all those with annual production between 1,000 and 14,999 barrels. Sunriver Brewing received its first gold medal for Fuzztail Hefeweizen in the category of American Wheat Beer with Yeast. Fuzztail also earned a Gold Medal at the 2016 World Beer Cup and a Gold at the 2016 Best of Craft Beer awards. The second gold came later in the competition with Cinder Beast Imperial Red Ale in the Imperial Red Ale category. “We couldn’t be happier about the acknowledgement of our team’s work over the last couple years,” said Brett Thomas, Director of Brewing Operations. “It’s been a long journey of refinement and hard work and were grateful to be com-
peting and winning at this level” he says. The fourth award was for the Alpha King Challenge. This competition takes place annually during the GABF and honors the country’s best hop-laden beers in the land. Sunriver’s Double Dank Double IPA took home second place. “From the very beginning our team has worked together to build something special,” said Ryan Duley, Director of Sales and Marketing. “The recognition validates that we’re doing a lot of the right things and it feels really good” he says. Sunriver Brewing Company’s pub in The Village at Sunriver opened in the summer of 2012. Recognizing that the original pub would not accommodate demand, a 13,000-square foot building was purchased in the Sunriver Business Park where, in 2014, the company sold 926 barrels. Since then the brewery has expanded several times and will sell about 7,500 barrels in 2017. Thomas prides himself on making the highest quality beer. Since 2014, Sunriver Brewing Company has gar-
Sunriver Brewing received its first gold medal for its Fuzztail Hefeweizen
nered many national and international awards including three gold, three silver and one bronze at the North American Beer Awards, four gold and one silver at the GABF, and a gold medal at the World Beer Cup. In February of 2016, Sunriver opened its second pub location on Galveston Avenue in Bend.
Mutual aid fire responses are beneficial to all involved By Rod Bjorvik, Interim Sunriver Fire Chief The 2017 fire season was fairly busy for the crews at Sunriver Fire. While there were no major brush fires in Sunriver proper, Sunriver crews did respond to numerous fires under various mutual aid agreements locally and, eventually, in California. The basis of mutual aid is quite simple. When an agency’s resources are overwhelmed by the size of a single incident, or multiple incidents occurring simultaneously, they ask for aid from other fire agencies. In turn, when another agency asks for help, they repay that “debt” by responding to assist. There are mutual aid agreements that are local, regional, statewide and interstate. Sunriver Fire participates in and reaps the benefits of these mutual aid agreements. We’re there for our neighbors and those in need and, should we ever need it, they’re here for us. There are a couple of important points
PHOTO BY ROD BJORVIK
An air tanker drops retardant on the Grizzly Fire near the Mount Bachelor Academy (roof top in the foreground) in Prineville.
to mention. Sunriver only provides mutual aid when we have adequate staffing – meaning that we can send resources AND maintain a crew at the Sunriver station. We don’t leave our community unstaffed to respond elsewhere. The second point is that other than the first 24 hours of mutual aid within Central Oregon, the costs associated with a response are paid for.
For example, when an engine crew from Sunriver responds to a fire under the Conflagration Act, the State of Oregon will pay for wages, including backfill for firefighters at the station, fuel and an hourly rate for the engine. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is an interstate T F, PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213